| |  | | Carl and Su with their 8 legged friends |
| |  | | Su with an 8 legged friend |
| |  | | Mexican Redlegged spiders, scientifically known as Brachypelma emilia |
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Tarantula Love
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Su and Carl Portman, a mild-mannered couple who, by day are Civil Servants, have taken a walk on the wild side, accummulating a collection of more than a hundred spiders, some hairy, some merely huge.
It seemed like marvellous sport to send Dilly to interview them. Dilly’s fear of spiders, means she can’t even visit the world wide web without breaking into a cold sweat. Dilly arrived and, to her relief, found no trace of spiders in the living room or kitchen. Then …
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